Historic Riverview District

Tulsa Preservation Commission information

Spotlight Theater

1381 S Riverside Drive

Patti Adams Shriner, Bruce Goff and Olinka Hardy combined their talents in 1929 to create the Riverside Studio. Shriner, a noted musician and teacher, planned to build a home that would include a music studio and recital hall for her students. Architect Bruce Goff who had previously designed the art deco studio at 1119 S Owasso, was enlisted to design this Art Deco jewel overlooking the river.

Today the Spotlight Theater boasts the longest consecutively running vaudevillian show in the United States: The Drunkard. Come every weekend to cheer for the hero and boo the villain.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2001

McBirney Spring

Intersection of Houston and Riverside

McBirney spring has its source in an underground stream that surfaces here near the Arkansas River. The site was used by pioneers and early residents of "Tulsey Town" as a water source for people and live stock before crossing the river. In 1932 Washington Irving (author of "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow") stopped at this spring while researching for his book "A Tour of the Prairies" and was so impressed with beauty of the area that he wrote about it. 

McBirney Mansion

1414 South Galveston Avenue

This brick, stone and stucco house was built by John Long of Kansas City in 1928 and is proportioned on a grand scale with meticulous craftsmanship. The grounds are landscaped with Grand magnolias and cedars and include a grotto with a rock lined walk out to the spring.

Now operated as a bed and breakfast

Added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1979

14th and Houston